Acting
Vivian Stanshall
Born 1943-03-21 · Shillingford, Oxfordshire, England
Vivian Stanshall was an English singer-songwriter, musician, author, poet and wit, best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, for his exploration of the British upper classes in Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (as a radio series for John Peel, as an audio recording, as a book and as a film), and for acting as Master of Ceremonies on Mike Oldfield's album Tubular Bells.
Acting credits
7.0Sir Henry Rawlinson attempts to exorcise the ghost of his brother Humbert, who was accidentally killed in a drunken duck-shooting incident.
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
1980
6.6While on a coach tour, The Beatles and a few dozen friends experience strange happenings caused by magicians.
Magical Mystery Tour
1967
6.8An innocent and unsophisticated Guyanese immigrant is exposed to the hustlin' way of life in the Brixton ghetto.
Black Joy
1977
NRA short documentary about a week in the life of Vivian Stanshall.
Vivian Stanshall's Week
1975
8.0Documentary about the life of the Bonzo Dog Band singer.
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind
2003
NRThe great eccentric and raconteur Vivian Stanshall performs music pieces and talks to us about his early years leading up to his time in The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band. Following Stanshall death, this program was repeated and repackaged as 'Diamond Geezer' with a tribute at the beginning from John Peel.
Vivian Stanshall: The Early Years
1991
2.0The Bonzo Dog Band freak out at the farm and strange sounds abound.
The Adventures of the Son of Exploding Sausage
1969
7.0An unconventional promo for the 1994 single of the same name by British band Pulp. Various celebrities are interviewed about their memories of losing their virginity, and frontman Jarvis Cocker reminisces about his.
Do You Remember the First Time?
1994